DC took it to him good that round. This second round might be the end of it if DC gets him down again, Rumble was hurt and exhausted. I think this is Rumble's last round if DC gets him down early. Could be wrong of course, though.
You guys thought I was a Weidman hater? I will straight up admit I'm a Cormier hater. A dude who has no striking and lost to the rightful champion and got gifted a title shot much worse than Chael Sonnen ever did.
You have no idea what your talking about,DC just lost his raw power from the cut's the DC that koed Bigfoot would of destroyed Jones like the bitch that he is and Rumble at the same time. Bunch off hiding bitches at LHW
As expected. Anytime you have a guy that throws as much power into each strike as AJ vs a top grappler (an Olympic one at that) their only chance is the first round. After that their muscles tend to gas and they cant generate the power they need to win. Just remember guys, Josh Koscheck did the same thing to him.
Why paper champ? He just beat the guy everyone wanted to see fight Jones. It's obvious DC is the best fighter in the division outside of Jones, he just finished the #1 contender and a guy many tough would challenge Jones within 2 rounds.
I agree with this. I was rooting for Rumble, but DC lost a very competitive fight against Jones, who is no longer UFC LHW Champion, people liking it or not, he just completely outclassed and finished the man who just outclassed and finished Gustafsson and he will be trouble to all the remaining fighters at the LHW division while Jones is out.
You could even claim in your minds he is the Interim Champion, but never a paper champion as long he is the best LHW competing right now.
Welp I was wrong. The championship at 205 is a joke at this point. Hopefully someone who is an interesting match up will win the belt before Jones comes back and takes it.
Rumble is a one round monster & almost finished him in the first. Much respect for the class he showed after the fight.
DC did what he had to do. Drag this fight to the ground & make Rumble work. It's pretty impressive considering how he got hurt early in the first round.
For everyone saying "paper champion", Jones was stripped of his belt. Now someone needs to be the champion. DC is obviously the best guy in the division outside of Jones. Thus, how is he a paper champion? By that notion, ANYONE who gets the title besides Jones is a "paper champion".
Somebody HAS to have the title with Jones being stripped, the best case scenario is the second best guy in the division to have it, which is DC. So, what exactly is the problem? Would you people still be saying "paper champion" if Rumble won? Where was all the "paper champion" talk pre-fight?
It makes no sense to me. The best guy outside of Jones has the title right now because Jones was stripped, it makes perfect sense.
It's really exposed a lot now. I thought AJ had good cardio from the Davis fight but this showed the opposite. The main thing is that Jones isn't really interested in wrestling anymore so it'd have been strike for strike. I think Jones would have win after seeing AJ's cardio exposed but I thought AJ might have been the guy based on the uppercuts.
Knocking someone out in the manner that Weidman did might not earn you all the credit on the planet, but it earns you a title. Anderson was the champion. If he fuks up and his opponent can exploit it, he's not good enough at that moment and they are.
Very sad to see Rumble fall so short. Really makes the Jones situation that much more awkward.
I still think Jones beats anyone in the UFC. Cain could easily make 205 and Jones could easily be a HW. Jones is a bigger man frame wise and if he bulked up I think he would tear through HW like he did LHW.
I agree Jones would do really well at HW, but I don't think he beats Cain. The reason why is because you have to remember the first round and a half of DC vs. Jones, DC was competitive. He landed some big shots and was throwing shots in the clinch and landing. I actually had DC winning that first round, it was really close.
Cain is like DC, but better, and has a much, MUCH longer gas tank. WE all know the pace he pushes, and DC was doing really well against Jones keeping up a high pace but he couldn't maintain it, Cain could. I'd see Cain doing what DC did to Jones, except better/more efficient, and not gassing. He also has more KO power than DC, the vast majority of Cain's fights end in KO/TKO.
Point being, Jones would do great in the HW division... but I see Cain beating him, ESPECIALLY in the HW division where Cain keeps his power/doesn't have to cut weight.
Never once did he have Jones in a compromised position or even losing exchanges, you know I respect your opinion and I agree someone is going to beat him but this guy is just spamming nonsense talking about any HW could beat jones, give me a break. If DC having some sucsess but not really means anything its that Jones can adjust on the fly and attack.
DC being able to not be overwhelmed for a few rounds and land a few strikes before he did, that just doesn't make me change my mind. Especially when you factor in that Jones goes out there and beats these guys at there own game pointedly, I wonder what it would look like if he went out there and just played to his best assets instead of his best assets in the style of fight his opponent wants to fight.
Man I have a hard time seeing how Cain can push Jones up on the cage and keep him there, I think Jones just nullify s Cains clinch game and picks him apart.
Either way I think his fights would be more exciting at HW just because he's already destroyed LHW and its something new.
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